 | Henry Redhead Yorke - France - 1804 - 416 pages
...people with the epithets of English sla\cs, serfs of George, &c. &c. print j print; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes...distress at the fate of my friends, and my harp was strung upon the weeping willows. As it was summer, we spent most of our time in the garden, and passed... | |
 | Thomas Clio Rickman - Political scientists - 1819 - 354 pages
...of no use to me : no good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print ; and whatever 1 might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes...subjects, my heart was in distress at the fate of my fiiends, and my harp was hung upon the weeping willows. As it was summer we spent most of our time... | |
 | W. T. Sherwin - 1819 - 306 pages
...then of no use to me. No good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print ; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes...upon it ; and as to softer subjects, my heart was inr distress at the fate of my friends, and my harp was strung upon the weeping willows." At this period... | |
 | Gilbert Vale - Political scientists - 1841 - 242 pages
...then of no use to me. No good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print ; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes...distress at the fate of my friends, and my harp was strung upon the weeping willows.' At this period the national convention was divided into factions,... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1854 - 696 pages
...no printer dared to print; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as aneedotes of the times, would have been continually exposed...friends, and my harp was hung upon the weeping .willows." Mr. Paine's gentle and conciliatory manners and conduct had long averted a catastrophe which seemed... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Rationalism - 1859 - 618 pages
...then of no use to me : no good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes...meaning that the rage of party might fix upon it; and ns to softer subjects, my heart was in distress at the fate of my friends, and my harp hung upon the... | |
 | Calvin Blanchard - 1860 - 148 pages
...then of no use to me. No good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes...friends, and my harp was hung upon the weeping willows.' J As for my self, _I used to find some relief by walking alone in the garden after it was dark, and... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1878 - 606 pages
...to me : no good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print; and whatever I mi;lht hnv'' written for my private amusement, as anecdotes of...in distress at the fate of my friends, and my harp hung upon the weeping willows. As it was.summer, we spent most of our time in the garden, and passed... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1879 - 474 pages
...then of no use to me. No good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes...friends, and my harp was hung upon the weeping willows." But the gentle, conciliating, and open manner of Mr. Paine rendered it impossible to imp«ach his political... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1895 - 464 pages
...of no use to me : no good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print ; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes...in distress at the fate of my friends, and my harp hung upon the weeping willows.1 As it was summer we spent most of our time in the garden, and passed... | |
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Pen and ink were then of no use to me: no good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes of the times, would have been continually exposed to be examined, and tortured... 
